Hastings v. . Earp
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Original Bill, filed to Fall Terra, 1864, of the Court of Equity for Johnston county, in order to obtain instructions upon a will. At the same term the cause was set for hearing, and transferred to this court. The opinion contains a sufficient reference to the facts.
1Opinion of the CourtBattle, J.
The will of the testator consists of only five short dispositive clauses, yet the plaintiff's counsel suggests several difficulties which have arisen as to the proper construction of it, upon which he asks our advice and direction :
1. In the first clause of the will the testator gives his wife twenty dollars in money and several personal chattels, absolutely, and three negro slaves, to wit, Tom, Frank and Dilly, for life, making no other disposition of these specifically. In the fifth clause he says: “It is my desire that the balance of my property be sold, and the money arising therefrom be…
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